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JUMPING GENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
Synonyms:
jumping gene; transposon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jumping gene" is a kind of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
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